Rocking Chair Therapy For Dementia Patients

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Rocking chair therapy for dementia patients.

Alzheimer s dementia rocking chair therapy the latest study management of acute distress with rocking chair therapy funded by the new york state department of health evaluated a method for improving the psychological well being of nursing home residents with severely progressed dementia. Rocking chair therapy reports that a study conducted at the university of rochester reveals an increase in the psychological well being of nursing home residents with severe forms of dementia 2. Rocking chair therapy has been used for easing lower back pain constipation abdominal pain from c sections and bowel dysfunction following surgery. Usual noi rocking chairs and then six weeks of the opposite i ierapy e g if they were in the non rockmode initially tiy would be in the rocking mode during the.

The study suggests rocking causes a release of endorphins that elevates the mood of dementia patients in addition to relieving pain. Rocking chair therapy in elderly with dementia. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the u s. Its effects on agitation rocking the safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators.

Nursing homes more than half of whom suffer from some form of dementia. Watson phd rn thelma j. The audio is triggered by the rocking motion of the chair so the sitter doesn t have to learn or remember an interaction. A study by the university of texas md anderson.

Its effect on psychosocial well being and balance nancy m. American journal of alzheimer s disease 13 6 296 308. Rocking chair therapy for dementia patients. Increased well being of dementia patients.

She says rocking chair therapy could become an important treatment tool for the approximately 1 6 million people in u s. Designed for older people living with the advanced stages of dementia the rocking chair plays sounds from the natural world nature themed poetry and music through speakers embedded in the headrest.